Gillian Anderson The X-Files

Beside the highly famous role of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files, Gillian Anderson’s credits include the ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies’ film The House of Mirth (2000), and Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.